diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFDataValidationConstraint.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFDataValidationConstraint.java
index 65233b473..29bcc04c7 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFDataValidationConstraint.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFDataValidationConstraint.java
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ public class XSSFDataValidationConstraint implements DataValidationConstraint {
 		builder.append(' ');
 		if (validationType!=ValidationType.ANY) {
 			if (validationType != ValidationType.LIST
-					&& validationType != ValidationType.ANY
 					&& validationType != ValidationType.FORMULA) {
 				builder.append(LIST_SEPARATOR).append(ot).append(", ");
 			}